A. 1st Segment: Privatizing our Public Records
This week there was a huge scandal involving voter-profiling company known as Cambridge Analytica. The Federal Trade Commission wanted to know how they gained access to data from over 50 million Facebook users. Although it seems as if the problem is being handled, what does this mean as far as our Internet privacy is concerned?

Should companies like Facebook and Instagram be able to share your private information with companies so they can sell you something or should the government have more oversight on that?

What is the history of the governments control over communications and media and how does this relate to what’s going on today?

B. News of the Week

The shooting of Stephon Clark and the capture of the Austin Bomber
Biden vs. Trump
McMaster is gone as well John Dowd!!
The Death Penalty for Drug Dealers
The Last White Rhino

C. 3rd Segment: Economics - 15 years still in Iraq

In this econ segment we will be discussing the 15 year anniversary of The United States invading Iraq. We discuss how the Iraq War may have been a failed economic experiment and where it leaves us 15 years later.

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